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Airport Security (Lack Thereof) or the Right Methods?
November 9, 2009, 10:46amAviation security methods
Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #51
TSA screening technology, private screeners and airport privatization
November 5, 2009Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #50
Unionized airport security screeners, registered traveler and air travel delays
October 31, 2009Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #49
Where airport grants really go, privatizing New Orleans Airport, and airport security and suicide bombers
September 30, 2009In this issue:
Where AIP Grants Actually Go
Body Cavities and Suicide Bombers
New Orleans Revives Privatization Program
TSA's Belly-Cargo Screening Rule
Airports: Competition vs. Monopoly
News Notes
Quotable Quotes
Improving Transportation Security
September 17, 2009, 1:14pmA major problem inherent in dealing with security against terrorism via political means is the tendency to focus what are always scarce resources on highly visible efforts—what some have termed “security theater.”
Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #48
Registered traveler, high-speed rail vs. air travel and airport pricing
August 31, 2009For reasons that have never been disclosed, the Transportation Security Administration refused to implement Registered Traveler as the kind of risk-based aviation security program that Congress intended.
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Robert Poole
August 13, 2008, 1:11pm - Registered Traveler Computer Loss: Much Ado About (Almost) Nothing
Robert Poole
August 6, 2008, 9:07am - Feds Want to Search Your Laptop and Cell Phone
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